Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-16

preston, and yet he allowed himself to
be April-fooled by a genial little party
of gentlemen from Boston, who salte
the Central Branch of the Union Pacif-
ic by holding back all the freight
for two weeks in order to have it OH
the road while Jay was examining the
property.
Jay Gould would attract very little
attention here on the streets, but he
would certainly be looked upon with
suspicion in Paradise. A man who
would fail to remember that he had 81,
000, 900 that belongs to the Erie road.
but who does not fail to remember
whenever he paid his own hotel bills at
Washington, is the kind of man who
would pull up and pawn the pavements
of Paradise within thirty days after he
got there.
After looking over the above state
ment carefully, l feel called upon, in
justice to myself, to state that DR..
Burchard did not assist me in construct
ing the last sentence.
For those boys who wish to emulate
the example of Jay Gould, the example
of Jay Gould is good example for
them to emulate.
If any little boy in New York on this
beautiful Sabbath morning desires to
jeopardize his immortal soul IN order
to be beyond the reach ofwaut, and ride
gayly over the sunlit pillows where the
cruel fangs of the EXCISE law cannot
reach him, let him cultivate Il lop-sided
memory, swap friends for funds and
wise counsel for crooked counsels.
If had thought of all this as | came
down the front steps at lrvington the
other day, l would have sa d it to Mr.
Gould; but did not think of it until ]
got home. A mans best thoughts
frequently come to him too late for
publ LEGATION.
But the name of Jay Gould VIII not go
down to future generations linked with
those of Howard and Wilberforce, 1t
will not go very far away. In this age
of mllonaires, millionaire more or
less does not count very much. and
only the good mllona res who bapt re
and beauty their wealth in the eternal
sunlight OF unsolliShness will have any
claim on Immortality.
In this period of progress and high
grade civilization, when Satan takes
humanity up to the top of high
mountain and shows his railroads and
his kerosene oil and his distilleries and
his Golfers filled with pure lard, and
says: "All this will give for seat in
the Senate" common millionaire with
no originality of design does not excite
any more curiosity on Broadway than
n young man who is led about by lit
tie ecru dog.
do not wish TO crush capital with
labor, or to further intensity the feeling
whice already exists between the two,
for am land holder and taxpayer
myself, but | say that the man who
never m xes up with the common peo-
pie unless he is summoned to explain
something and shake the moths out Of
his memory will some day, when the
grass grows green over his own grave,
find himself confronted by the same
kind of memory on the part of man
! kind.
| do not say all this because | was
treated in an off hand manner by Mr.
Gould, but because l think ii ought to
be said
As | said before, Jay Gould is con
siderably below the medium height anc
l am not going to take it back.
He is man who will some day sit on
on the corner of n ncw-la d planet will
his little pink railroad map on his knee,
and ask where am ?" and the echoes
from every musty corner of ma smatic
oblivion will take up the question an |
refer it to the judiciary committee; bu,
it will curl up AMI die like the minority
report against Il big railroad Ian,
grant. bill Nye, IN Nc,o YORK. World